diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 255af6c684..7f06483237 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 
 ext {
     // Move to gradle.properties (but versions.json generation build depends on this right now)
-    neo4jVersion = '4.4.43'
+    neo4jVersion = '4.4.44'
     publicDir =  "${project.rootDir}"
     neo4jVersionEffective = project.hasProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") : neo4jVersion
     neo4jDockerVersion = project.hasProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") : neo4jVersion
diff --git a/readme.adoc b/readme.adoc
index 748181eb19..9f504b038b 100644
--- a/readme.adoc
+++ b/readme.adoc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 :branch: 4.4
 :docs: https://neo4j.com/labs/apoc/4.4
 :apoc-release: 4.4.0.37
-:neo4j-version: 4.4.43
+:neo4j-version: 4.4.44
 :img: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures/{branch}/docs/images
 
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